Leicester City are poised to capture Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City in a £25million deal as reported earlier, news that is now being backed up by the BBC and the ever-reliable John Percy of Telegraph.

But it could have been a much different story, with well-informed West Ham supporter Hugh Southon revealing that West Ham had a deal almost closed for the 20-year-old… only for manager Slaven Bilic to veto it at the eleventh hour.

David Sullivan had struck an agreement with both Kelechi and Manchester City, and the transfer was all set to go ahead when Bilic decided to personally pull the plug on it, favouring other targets on the market.

Bilic’s reasoning was that Iheanacho was unproven and too inexperienced – despite statistically having the best minutes per goal ratio in Premier League history, with a goal every 106.5 minutes.